ILLUSTRATION 2. A company had the following monetary items on January 1: Debtors 41,000 Bills Receivable 10,000 Cash $ 20,000 Less : Bills Payable 10,000 71,000 Creditors 25,000 35,000 Net Monetary Assets 36,000 The transactions affecting monetary items during the year were : (a) Sales of $1,40,000 made evenly throughout the year. (b) Purchases of goods of $1,05,000 made evenly during the year. (e) Operating expenses of $35,000 were incurred evenly throughout the year. (d) One machine was sold for $18,000 on July 1. (e) One machine was purchased for $25,000 on December 31. The general price index was as follows: On January 1 300 ; Average for the year 350 ; On July 1 360 ; On December 31 400. You are required to compute the general purchasing power, gain or loss, for the year stated in terms of the current year-end